Israel launches $46.5 million AI influence campaign on Gaza conflict

The Israeli government is allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to an information strategy that includes a $46.5 million digital effort to shape how artificial‑intelligence systems portray the Gaza war. The campaign, reported by Drop Site News, contracts former U.S. presidential campaign manager Brad Parscale’s firm Clock Tower X to create and host a network of websites that publish pro‑Israeli articles and promote closer U.S.–Israel military cooperation. The sites are designed to be indexed by search engines and incorporated into training data used by large‑language models, with the goal of influencing AI‑generated responses.

The initiative reflects a broader shift in Israeli defense policy toward “information warfare,” echoing past state‑run media efforts by other nations. While officials have not independently verified the operation, experts warn that curated web content could affect the narratives presented by chatbots and other AI tools, raising concerns about transparency and the manipulation of digital information ecosystems.